Six Journalism Areas At SUI Are Accredited
The State University of Iowa School of Journalism received accreditation in six areas by the American Council on Education for Journalism on May 9. Areas include advertising community journalism editorial journalism magazine journalism pictorial journalism and radio journalism. An eight member evaluation team spent two and a half days last fall reviewing faculty facilities budgets curricula and graduate performance.
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Inland Daily Press Association
National Editorial Association
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters
Hold Coffee Hour At Commencement Honoring Alumni
An alumni coffee hour recognizing the journalism classes of 1945 and 1930 was held at the State University of Iowa School of Journalism on June 11 during Alumni Weekend. Journalists toured the Communications Center as faculty hosted guests and invited all class members to attend.
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Pownall to Retire After 27 Years Leading Daily Iowan
Longtime editor and publisher of the Daily Iowan and director of university publications, Walter Pownall, a 1911 SUI graduate and woodworker hobbyist, will retire July 1 but remain part time on campus. Born 1887 in Centerdale IA, he joined the Des Moines Register staff in 1916 and later edited the University paper.
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Catherine) Pownall
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Benz Named Iowan Publisher of Daily Iowan and Hawkeye
Lester G. Benz named publisher of The Daily Iowan and Hawkeye yearbook by the Student Publications board, effective July 1. He will remain a journalism professor and head of community journalism, with prior roles at Mitchell County Press-News and Sheffield Press and serve as Iowa High School Press secretary.
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Students Offer Views on Making International News Engaging
A series of student responses from Des Moines West Branch Newton Highlands Cedar Rapids Sioux City Elgin Blue Island and Chicago suggest clearer writing, context and culture education, human interest, explanatory pictures, expert analysis and international domestic comparisons to attract readers.
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West Branch
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Newton Highlands
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Cedar Rapids
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Sioux City
Jerome Goldstein
Elgin
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Chicago Sun-Times
William Donaldson
Blue Island
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Larry Sirinsky
Chicago
Pownall’s journalism career spans Des Moines to Iowa City
The article traces Pownall’s rise from telegraph editor to chief editor at the Des Moines Register, then director of accuracy at the merged Register and Tribune. He joined the UI as faculty in 1927 and became Daily Iowan publisher in 1935, with his office above the printing shop in Close Hall. His daughters followed into journalism, with Dorothy’s NY publishing work and Eleanor in psychology at Miami University.
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Iowa Quest Lab Newspaper at State University of Iowa
The Iowa Quest is a laboratory newspaper produced by the University of Iowa School of Journalism. It appears at varying times during the academic year and is edited by the copy reading and editing class in the newspaper production laboratory.
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